WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
A 23-year-old male presents with urethritis, dysuria,
and purulent urethral discharge. The suspected
diagnosis would be:
a. gonorrhea.
b. urinary tract infection.
c. Chlamydia.
d. syphilis. - answer-a. gonorrhea.
Transmission of Chlamydia during birth may result in
-, or infection of the eyes in the newborn.
a. neonatal jaundice
b. ophthalmia neonatorum
c. neonatal conjunctivitis
d. erythema neonatorum - answer-b. ophthalmia
neonatorum
,The organism most commonly associated with pelvic
inflammatory disease is:
a. Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
b. Treponema pallidum.
c. Escherichia coli.
d. Pseudomonas. - answer-a. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
A long asymptomatic latent phase is characteristic of
which of the following sexually transmitted
infections?
a. Gonorrhea
b. Syphilis
c. Chlamydia
d. Hepatitis B - answer-b. Syphilis
A painless ulceration called a chancre is a lesion
associated with infection by:
a. human papillomavirus.
b. N. gonorrhoeae.
,c. C. trachomatis.
d. T. pallidum. - answer-d. T. pallidum.
Which infection can be a risk factor for cervical
cancer?
a. Human papillomavirus
b. Molluscum contagiosum
c. Granuloma inguinale
d. Chancroid - answer-a. Human papillomavirus
Which of the following infections is asymptomatic and
self-limited and does not require therapy?
a. Syphilis
b. Nongonococcal cervicitis
c. Gonorrhea
d. Molluscum contagiosum - answer-d. Molluscum
contagiosum
The first choice of treatment for the management of
syphilis is:
, a. penicillin G.
b. doxycycline.
c. antiviral agents.
d. antimicrobial agents. - answer-a. penicillin G.
The Centers for Disease Control estimate that there
are - new sexually transmitted
infections every year.
a. 580,000
b. 1.7 million
c. 20 million
d. 17 billion - answer-c. 20 million
The initial incubation period of syphilis lasts for -
a. 2-3 days
b. 10-90 days
c. 3-6 weeks
d. 40 years - answer-b. 10-90 days